Mountain Views News          Saturday, February 14, 2015

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Mountain View News Saturday, February 14, 2015 

Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 

by Deanne Davis

City of Sierra Madre

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

From: The City of Sierra Madre

Subject: CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND AN INTERIM MORATORIUM ORDINANCE 
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 ON THE DEMOLITION, IN PART 
OR IN WHOLE, OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND DUPLEXES CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 
A DESIGNATED DATE AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF

On January 27, 2015, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1360-U, an Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of 
Sierra Madre, establishing an Interim Moratorium Ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, on the demolition, in 
part or in whole, of single-family homes and duplexes that were constructed prior to December 31, 1940. Government Code 65858 
a provision of State Planning and Zoning law authorizes an urgency zoning ordinance to prevent development related actions which 
may be inconsistent with a plan under development, such as the General Plan Update that would require amendments to the R-1 
Zoning Ordinance, and the historic resources survey that could identify potential resources and result in more detailed review of 
structures prior to demolition. Ordinance 1360-U expires on March 13, 2015, and the City Council will consider extending it for an 
additional 6 months (until September 23, 2015.) 

All interested parties may attend this meeting and the City Council will hear them with respect thereto. If you have any questions, 
please contact the Planning and Community Preservation Department at 626-355-7138 and ask to speak to either Leticia Cardoso, 
Acting Planning Director, or Anne McIntosh, Project Planner.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING PLACE OF HEARING

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra Madre

City Council meeting City Council Chambers

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

(Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 


“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now 
and then doesn’t hurt.” Charles M. Schulz

“Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, 
thou art every day my Valentine.” Thomas 
Hood

 It’s Valentine’s Day today, Saturday, 
February 14th and I know that all my readers 
are totally prepared. You’ve got your card, 
you’ve got a dinner reservation or you’re 
cooking your Valentine’s favorite dish, even 
if it’s something totally off the wall like a beet 
soufflé. Think of that...beet soufflé! Ugh! Put 
that out of your mind. Now think of chocolate. 
Now think of chocolate and wine. Nice! Now, 
when was the last time you read Elizabeth 
Barrett Browning’s famous love poem:

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

I love thee to the level of everyday’s

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the 
breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God 
choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.”

 I’m not sure I could actually say that to my 
Valentine, my ever-patient, walking buddy, 
John, but I could write it, which is what I’m 
pretty sure Elizabeth Barrett Browning did, 
too. Not to say I’m anywhere near Elizabeth, 
but I wrote about love like this… “The Best of 
Marriage”

“I sit at your desk and look out your window 
at the sky.

And I think of you and how much I love you.

So many years we’ve spent together, mostly 
sunny with just a little bit of rain.

I treasure these years which have flown by us.

I’ve grown to love you, respect you, admire 
you, need you more with each one.

There is so much about you that makes me 
want to be the best that I can be.

It makes me smile each time you walk into a 
room.

How many thousands of times have I watched 
you enter the space where I am,

And each time I feel pleasure, delight, at just 
the sight of you.

You make me laugh, you make me think.

You make me challenge myself, you make me 
want to be the best me I can be.

You’ve even taught me to enjoy college football! 
Go Trojans!

I love just to talk with you, to exchange the 
ordinary stuff that our days are made of,

Conversations that are the flour and salt of life.

You are ever in my mind. 

You are the other half of my heart.

You are, very simply, the one person selected 
by God to be my lover, my friend, my husband.

I have known you for more than half my life. 
The best half.

We have shared all that there is in life:

Joy, sorrow, laughter, tears, death, birth, 
pleasure, misery, poverty, not quite so poverty, 

Pride in our children, and absolute disgust 
with them, 

And always, always we have had each other to 
hold on to.”

 Sometime today, tell your special Valentine 
how much he or she means to you. Kisses and 
holding hands are good, too…maybe even 
better than chocolate. Hope this is your best 
Valentine’s Day ever!

 Hey Walking Sierra Madre friends…. 

Check out my book page: Amazon.com: 
Deanne Davis

 Want to follow my blog? www.
authordeanne.com My book: “Tablespoon 
of Love, Tablespoon of Laughter” is a Perfect 
Valentine’s Day gift!

MOUNT WILSON TRAIL RACE TRAINING RUNS CONTINUE

The Mt. Wilson Trail Race Committee is again offering a comprehensive 17-week program to get 
runners ready for the challenging Mt. Wilson Trail Race, scheduled for Saturday, May 23 in Sierra 
Madre. This program is free and the public is invited to participate. Starting on January 31, the group 
will meet in Kersting Court (at the intersection of Baldwin Ave and Sierra Madre Blvd) at 7:00 am each 
Saturday. For more detailed information please visit www.mountwilsontrailrace.com.

 SENIOR MASTER PLAN TOWN HALL MEETINGS

The City of Sierra Madre and the Senior Master Plan Committee are in the process of updating the 
Senior Master Plan. The first Town Hall meeting is on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 4:00pm. The 
meeting is at St. Rita’s O’Malley Hall, located at 322 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre, CA 91024.

The second Town Hall meeting is on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 11:00am. The meeting is at the 
Hart Park House, located at 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024. For more information 
please visit http://www.cityofsierramadre.com/senior-services.


SIERRA MADRE OLDER AMERICAN OF THE 
YEAR DEADLINE NEAR

The Senior Community Commission and 
Community Services Department is now 
accepting nominations for the Older “Sierra 
Madre” American of the Year. If you know 
someone who lives in Sierra Madre, has 
demonstrated outstanding community 
service, and is 60 years of age or older 
please be sure to fill out a nomination 
form due by Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. 
Nominations forms are available at the 
Hart Park House Senior Center, online at 
http://www.cityofsierramadre.com/senior-
services/sierra-madre-older-american or by 
calling the Senior Services Office at 626-355-
7394. The Senior Community Commission 
reviews each nomination and will decide 
the 2015 honoree at their meeting on March 
5th. The honoree is recognized at a special 
reception in their honor on Friday, May 
8th, 2015 at the Sierra Madre Hart Park 
House Senior Center. For more information 
contact Senior Specialist Cherry Liu at 
cliu@cityofsierramadre.com or by phone at 
626-355-7394.

Sierra Madre Police Blotter

During the week of Sunday, February 
1st, to Sunday, February 8th, the Sierra 
Madre Police Department responded to 
approximately 317 calls for service.

Monday, February 2nd

At 10:59 am, Sierra Madre Police responded 
to the 100 Block of S Hermosa regarding a 
grand theft report. Upon arrival, Officers 
were informed by the victim stated that on 
January 22nd she placed a gold necklace 
worn that day in her jewelry cabinet along 
with a gold chain. The following day 
she noticed that the jewelry items were 
missing. Several days later, while going 
through her jewelry cabinet, she noticed 
several items were missing and her jewelry 
seemed to be out of place. The victim 
informed Officers that since the 23rd of 
January, pest control has had access to her 
home twice a week. The victims believed 
an employee who had unsupervised access 
to the home during his visits may have 
been the person to have stolen the items. 
Officers investigated the perimeter of the 
home and failed to find any signs of forced 
entry into the home. Officers questioned 
the pest control employee and he denied 
having any knowledge of the missing 
items. This case has been forwarded to the 
Detectives Bureau. 

 At 4:30 pm, Sierra Madre Police 
responded to the station lobby regarding 
an identity theft report. The victim 
informed Officers that the night before 
she accessed her retailer’s credit card 
account online and noticed a charge of 
$700 for a watch that she did not purchase. 
Investigating further, she noticed that 
the billing information for the account 
had also been changed. The new account 
information reflected an unknown 
person with an address located in Ohio. 
Statements showed the watch had been 
delivered to the new address on January 
29th. This case has been forwarded to the 
Detectives Bureau. 

Thursday, February 5th 

 At 10:15 am, Sierra Madre Police 
responded to the 200 Block of North 
Mountain Trail Avenue regarding a 
possible residential burglary report. The 
victim stated to Officers that the day 
before, while checking on her daughter’s 
apartment, everything was intact. The 
following day she returned to find a 
security safe and all of its contents were 
missing from the apartment. The victim 
stated there was several hundred dollars 
held within the safe and that she is the 
only one with permission to be within 
the apartment while her daughter is away. 
The victim believed the apartment was 
accessed by her daughter’s ex-boyfriend. 
When Officers contacted the man via 
telephone, he stated he was now living in 
North Carolina. Neighbors confirmed 
that they had bit seen the ex for quite some 
time. During the investigation, Officers 
did not find any sign of forced entry. This 
case has been forwarded to the Detectives 
Bureau. 

At 5:30 pm, Sierra Madre Police responded 
to the station lobby regarding a theft 
report. The victim informed Officers that 
suspicious incidents had been occurring 
over the past six months in her home 
since her roommate moved in and her 
roommate’s boyfriend started visiting the 
residence. To start with, about a month and 
a half ago, the victim placed an envelope 
containing several hundred dollars in her 
top drawer of her dresser. Several weeks 
later when she went to retrieve it, the 
envelope was missing, but she was unsure 
what happened and said nothing of it. 
Shortly after she placed another envelope 
containing several hundred dollars in 
the same drawer, and several weeks later 
noticed a hundred dollars was missing. 
Several days later, when the victim was in 
the home Office, she came across a piece 
of paper that had her full name and social 
security number on it. Concerned her 
identity may have been compromised, 
she confronted her roommate. The 
roommate denied having any knowledge 
of the note and said the writing did not 
belong to neither her nor her boyfriend. 
Officers did a check into the roommate 
and the roommate’s boyfriend and found 
that they both had a history of criminal 
activity. This case has been forwarded to 
the Detectives Bureau. 

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